HR 1. (Economic stimulus) Motion to preserve an amendment that would allocate an additional $25 billion for infrastructure projects/On the motion
senate Roll Call 33
Feb 03, 2009
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This vote was on whether to preserve an amendment by Patty Murray, D-Wash., that would have provided an additional $25 billion for infrastructure projects as part of a massive economic stimulus bill. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., tried to defeat the amendment with a parliamentary maneuver because of the way Murray’s amendment classifies its spending. Her amendment classifies the $25 billion as emergency spending, which does not count against as increasing the deficit; Inhofe argued that the spending should not properly be considered emergency spending. Murray then moved that the emergency spending rule be waived for her amendment, which is what this vote was on. |
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